India's Top 2% Scientists 2025

India has 6,236 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 16.5% from 5,351 in 2024. That places India 8th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists (117), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (107).

Single Year

6,236

+885 (+16.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

3,371

+432 (+14.7%) vs 2024

World rank by count

up 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

1,568

+186 (+13.5%) vs 2024

Scientists in India on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+44.9%

2022+12.2%

2023+23.2%

2024+15.4%

2025+16.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	2,313		1,491
2021	3,352	+44.9%	2,042	+37.0%
2022	3,761	+12.2%	2,206	+8.0%
2023	4,635	+23.2%	2,578	+16.9%
2024	5,351	+15.4%	2,939	+14.0%
2025	6,236	+16.5%	3,371	+14.7%

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Rank in India	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	288	SB Sampath, Boopathi	Muthayammal Engineering College	Materials	Rank 5
2	448	VS Varjani, Sunita	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Environmental Sciences	Rank 5
3	515	GH Garg, Harish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 34
4	572	SR Siddique, Rafat	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 6
5	611	PA Pandey, Ashok	Indian Institute of Toxicology Research	Biotechnology	Rank 2
6	729	RP Ray, Partha Pratim	Sikkim University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 8
7	881	AC Andrade, Chittaranjan	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 22
8	885	TS Thanikodi, Sathish	Saveetha School of Engineering	Materials	Rank 14
9	900	AP Ahmad, Parvaiz	GDC Pulwama	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 9
10	952	RR Rao, Ravipudi Venkata	S. V. National Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 10
11	1,051	Ali, Imran	Jamia Millia Islamia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 5
12	1,221	NL Natrayan, Lakshmaiya	Saveetha School of Engineering	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 73
13	1,256	Senthil Kumar, P.	Pondicherry University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 27
14	1,317	DG Desiraju, Gautam R.	Indian Institute of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 2
15	1,357	ST Sabu, Thomas P.	Mahatma Gandhi University	Polymers	Rank 10
16	1,418	Tiwari, Aviral Kumar	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Economics	Rank 40
17	1,454	KV Kukreja, Vinay	Chitkara University, Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 86
18	1,508	GV Gupta, Vinod Kumar	ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute	Chemical Physics	Rank 25
19	1,605	AM Ahmaruzzaman, Mohammed	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 36
20	1,734	KA Kar, Arpan Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 99
21	1,878	HA Haleem, Abid	Jamia Millia Islamia	Business & Management	Rank 69
22	1,884	JM Javaid, Mohd	Jamia Millia Islamia	Operations Research	Rank 10
23	2,066	DG Dhiman, Gaurav Jay	Government Bikram College of Commerce	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 116
24	2,174	NP Nidheesh, Puthiya Veetil	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India	Environmental Sciences	Rank 46
25	2,222	CS Chatterjee, Sheshadri	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Business & Management	Rank 71
26	2,236	RG Ramkumar, G.	Saveetha School of Engineering	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 123
27	2,287	GS Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi	Rathinam College of Arts and Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 86
28	2,619	RC Rao, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Applied Physics	Rank 70
29	2,910	MJ Manjunatha, J. G.	Mangalore University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 11
30	3,087	MV Mohan, Viswanathan S.Krishna	Madras Diabetes Research Foundation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 46
31	3,105	SR Subba Rao, N.	Andhra University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 13
32	3,129	DC Dasgupta, Chandan I.	Indian Institute of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 82
33	3,253	SA Sengeni, Anantharaj	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 127
34	3,311	GP Gogate, Parag R.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 15
35	3,335	SN Singh, Narpinder	Graphic Era Deemed to be University	Food Science	Rank 21
36	3,379	GR Gupta, Rajeev C.	Rajasthan University of Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 73
37	3,388	AT Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.	KLE Technological University	Polymers	Rank 16
38	3,611	RS Roy, Swarup	Lovely Professional University	Food Science	Rank 23
39	3,890	AN Acharya, Nilankush	Independent Researcher	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 35
40	3,964	AA Agarwal, Avinash Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Energy	Rank 100
41	4,067	KS Kumar, Sudhir	ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 33
42	4,119	KN Kumar, Neerai Sathish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 48
43	4,138	RP Rai, Prabhat Kumar	Mizoram University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 89
44	4,160	PT Padmanabhan, T.	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 47
45	4,180	Pandey, Sadanand	Shoolini University	Polymers	Rank 20
46	4,287	DA Das, Ashok Kumar	International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 49
47	4,306	PH Panchal, Hitesh N.	Government Engineering College Patan	Energy	Rank 113
48	4,319	SV S., Venkata Mohan	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 12
49	4,344	SA Sen, Ashoke	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 50
50	4,532	SS Sarin, Shiv Kumar	Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 60
51	4,561	RS Rajeshkumar, Shanmugam	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 23
52	4,847	YS Yadav, Sudesh Kumar	Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology India	Biotechnology	Rank 16
53	4,939	KS Kumar, Satish	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur	Business & Management	Rank 156
54	4,948	Arya, Yogendra	J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA	Energy	Rank 131
55	4,970	SP Samui, P.	National Institute of Technology Patna	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 45
56	5,037	BV Balaram, Vysetti	National Geophysical Research Institute India	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 64
57	5,089	MV Mishra, Vimal	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 85
58	5,175	SJ Sarkar, Jahar	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Energy	Rank 139
59	5,277	SB Singh, B. P.	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 17
60	5,315	MR Manickam, Ramesh	Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology	Materials	Rank 94
61	5,378	RM Rai, Mahendra Kumar	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 197
62	5,389	LS Lonial, Sagar	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Immunology	Rank 113
63	5,574	AA Alam, Ashraf	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 292
64	5,990	Kashyap, Ramgopal	Amity University Chhattisgarh	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 315
65	6,092	PR Pachori, Ram Bilas	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 320
66	6,122	MS Mittal, Sparsh	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 1
67	6,135	PM Pal, Mahesh	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 58
68	6,180	AC Anandharamakrishnan, C.	Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)	Food Science	Rank 42
69	6,189	DK Dhama, Kuldeep	Indian Veterinary Research Institute	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 4
70	6,328	SK Srinivasan, K.	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India	Food Science	Rank 44
71	6,399	QM Quraishi, M. A.	AKS University	Energy	Rank 163
72	6,443	KP Kesharwani, Prashant	Dr. H. S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 31
73	6,565	Luthra, Sunil	All India Council for Technical Education	Business & Management	Rank 207
74	6,578	SA Singh, Ajay K.	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Environmental Engineering	Rank 32
75	6,791	Chaudhary, Richa	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Business & Management	Rank 215
76	6,812	FS Flora, Swaran Jeet Singh	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Toxicology	Rank 22
77	6,833	TS Tanwar, Sudeep	Nirma University, Institute of Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 67
78	7,029	BK Biswas, Kanishka	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 249
79	7,232	Rajesh, R.	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Operations Research	Rank 30
80	7,475	MA Misra, Anoop	Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 131
81	7,486	NH Nagendra, Harini	Azim Premji University	Ecology	Rank 190
82	7,510	KD Kundu, Debasis	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Statistics & Probability	Rank 56
83	7,532	NS Nayak, Sanjay Kumar	Ravenshaw University	Polymers	Rank 43
84	7,618	MV Mahesh, Vinyas	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Materials	Rank 135
85	7,637	TB Thomas, Blessen Skariah	National Institute of Technology Calicut	Building & Construction	Rank 67
86	7,642	SA Saravanan, Anbalagan V.Sai	Saveetha School of Engineering	Environmental Sciences	Rank 153
87	7,673	SS Salvi, Sundeep Santosh	Pulmocare Research and Education Foundation	Respiratory System	Rank 36
88	7,800	MA Mandal, Ajay	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad	Energy	Rank 197
89	7,832	Veera Krishna, M.	Rayalaseema University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 78
90	7,992	SS Sushil, S.	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Business & Management	Rank 241
91	8,100	PM Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara	University of Hyderabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 165
92	8,150	RV Roy, Vandana	Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology and Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 403
93	8,395	SM Shah, Maulin P.	Sardar Patel University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 175
94	8,661	SS Suthar, S. Singh	Doon University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 179
95	8,728	KM Kumar Mangla, Sachin Kumar	O.P. Jindal Global University	Business & Management	Rank 265
96	8,764	SN Singh, Nakshatra Bahadur	Sharda University	Materials	Rank 149
97	8,871	SA Singh, Amit Kumar	National Institute of Technology Patna	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 438
98	8,884	KS Kumar, S. Naresh	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 188
99	9,013	Roy, Kunal	Jadavpur University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 29
100	9,131	PD Philip, Daizy	Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram	Chemical Physics	Rank 152
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from India are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

6,236 scientists affiliated with India are on the 2025 single-year list, and 3,371 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in India has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 single-year list, Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists from India, with 117. It is followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with 107.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in India changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, India went from 2,313 scientists in 2020 to 6,236 in 2025, a change of +169.6%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.